Notable South Australians/William Finke

by George E. Loyau

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William Finke,

WHO was intimately associated with the late James Chambers in pastoral and mining interests, died in Adelaide, January 17, 1864, aged forty-eight. He will long be remembered by our colonists as one who bounteously assisted the cause of exploration; and was the friend and patron of John McDougall Stuart, the explorer, who named several places in the interior after him. In the time of Governor Gawler the section on which Glenelg now stands was offered for selection, and about 1,500 persons tendered. It was decided by lot, as then usual, at £1 per acre, and Mr Finke was the successful tenderer.